Photo: Livan13 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Tamiami commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Tamiami has 7,697 jobs, against 22,608 working residents. For jobs and income Tamiami is better than 70% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 5% work in Tamiami; the top destination outside it is Miami (19%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tamiami and work: the main findings
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Tamiami’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the Florida average of 28. Time on the road ↓
Tamiami empties out on a workday
About 35,000 people are in Tamiami on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than the 50,000 who live here: 21,000 head out to work and 6,600 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Tamiami’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Tamiami’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tamiami could be anywhere from B to A−.
About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Florida
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tamiami workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23,486 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Tamiami
On a workday 21,465 residents head out to work, 1,143 work right here, and 6,554 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35,000 people are in Tamiami on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Tamiami’s working residents head each day
Where Tamiami clocks in
19% of workers
9% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Tamiami
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tamiami, 2013 → 2023: 6,071 → 7,697. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tamiami’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Tamiami’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Tamiami walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 26,108 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 40% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.4% of Tamiami households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Tamiami’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Tamiami ranks: 420th of 887 U.S. towns of 35,000 to 67,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| 3 | Oakton VA | 36,528 | $161K | 4.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Parkland FL | 39,186 | $199K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Fruit Cove FL | 35,877 | $142K | 2.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Cooper City FL | 35,030 | $132K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 418 | Pico Rivera CA | 58,915 | $88K | 10.3% | 4.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 419 | Clay NY | 59,285 | $91K | 8.4% | 4.2% | 13% | B+ |
| 420 | Tamiami FL | 49,752 | $78K | 11.6% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 421 | Euless TX | 60,008 | $82K | 7.8% | 5.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 422 | Stratford CT | 53,908 | $96K | 6.7% | 6.7% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 887 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tamiami, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Tamiami and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sweetwater (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tamiami workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamiami | – | B+ | B+ | 33 min | $78,353 |
| Kendale Lakes | under 2% | B | B+ | 33 min | $71,621 |
| Sweetwater | 2% | B− | A | 29 min | $54,967 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tamiami’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Tamiami: questions
What is the median household income in Tamiami?
$78,353 (±$7,443) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tamiami?
11.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tamiami?
33 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tamiami work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Miami (19%, 12 mi), Doral (9%, 5 mi), Coral Gables (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tamiami walkable?
Tamiami is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 14.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tamiami without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 40% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tamiami, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tamiami
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.